23/2009

News and information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470





Subiaco Craft and Community Fair 2009


News Flash

Road Closures to affect the Craft Fair this Sunday
Mounts Bay Road and Riverside Drive will be closed to all west bound traffic
from 4am until 2pm,
and the Kwinana Freeway will be closed from
Charles Street to Canning Highway for all southbound traffic from 4am until 2pm
on Sunday 25 October for the World Triathlon Championship.
This will limit access to the University of WA campus (Oak Lawn)
for the Subiaco Craft and Community Fair 2009
on Sunday 25 October 9am to 4pm,
especially for those travelling from the hills and the eastern suburbs.
The Craft Fair organisers have been advised that visitors should travel
to the Fair via Thomas Street.
Relevant notices, maps and road closure schedules,
have been disseminated by the World Triathlon Championship event organisers.
The Craft Fair organisers are not responsible for these road closures,
and apologise for any disruption it may cause.

Rtn Yvonne Hart
Event Coordinator
on behalf of
Rotary Club Matilda Bay
E/m - mousetrails@bigpond.com

For further information
Contact: Rtn Christine Stewart 0416 058 137

-----------------------------------------------------

There is a lot happening in the three Disticts this weekend
District 9470 Conference
Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
Rotary Club of Margaret River fun run
Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
--
Hopefully these clubs will send reports and pictures to me at philco@iinet.net.au
to enable us all to enjoy the events as well
------------------------------------------------------------


Rotarian Bio

Holly Edwards.....Rotary Club of Swan Valley
Joined Rotary..........1993
Married.....................Peter
Children........4....... Paul, Dylan, Jon, Bryn
Classification...........Denistry
Favourite Holiday destination......Wilderness areas of the world
Favourite drink....Beer
If I could change one thing about Rotary....Great organisation
but we need to raise the public awareness
A famous person or celebrity Iwould like to have dinner with....Cartoonist Leunig

---------------------------------------------------------









The 204 day Great Australian Bike ride was completed in Melbourne on October 10th


Across the finish line outside the Carlton Melbourne town hall

Presentations to the 4 riders who completed the whole journey
---------------------------------------------------------------

I spent some time today at D9470 Conference

and here are a couple of shots that I took

Past District Governors John Ranieri [97/98] Rob Lyons [94/95]

and David Horsley[92/93]

From the Rotary Club of Mundaring

Pat Crichton, David Brockway and President David Cockman


--------------------------------------------------------------



News from Africa

Tanzania: Death toll rises as cholera spreads
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:06 AM PDT
An outbreak of cholera in northern Tanzania has continued to spread, claiming 59 lives over the past two months. Health ministry officials reported 60 new cases last week. A total of 3,454 cases of cholera were recorded in Tanga region during the last eight weeks, a health ministry spokesman said.
The most affected area was in Handeni District, where health officials have attributed the outbreak to ignorance of hygiene practices.
Seif Mpembenwe, Handeni district commissioner, said schools that had been closed because of the outbreak were expected to re-open in November. He said residents had been advised to dig and use toilets as well as boil drinking water to prevent cholera.
Health officials fear that the long rains due now could lead to more cases of cholera if correct hygiene is not observed.
Source: IRIN, 23 Oct 2009

----------------------------------------------------------------

Rotary Quiz

Last weeks answer

How many Rotary Clubs are there in Western Australia?

District 9450...... 34 clubs

District 9460........ 39 clubs

District 9470 ........ 34 clubs
Total........................107 clubs

Once again there was no correct answer

Are the Questions too hard!!!

Iwill have one more go at getting a correct answer

We have Jackpot again

This weeks question

What Western Australian Rotarian

is featured on page 14 of the October issue of Rotary Down Under?
[other than PDG Sue Rowell]

----------------------------------------------------

Tri District Calendar

October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference

October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day

October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run

October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair

October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race

October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon

November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match
November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK
November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]

November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert
November 16thNo .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

November 28th.....Saturday.......Rotary Club of Applecross Jacaranda Festival
November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride

February 24th...Wednesday......Australian Rotary Health Tri District Seminar

March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup

April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

Humour

22/2009



News and Information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470




Introducing



Marilyn Barton .....DG D9465.... 2010/2011
Joined the Rotary club of Booragoon in 2001.
Rotary Classification ‘School Psychological Services’
Married to David, a Past District Governor (2002-3) and Rotarian since 1986
Children –
Sally; Full time Business owner and proprietor of Beauty Therapy,
and mother of two girls,
James, Naval architect,
Wendy: Manager of Street Lighting in WA
Steven: Construction Estimator.
Grandchildren – Kiara (8 yrs) and Ruby (7 yrs).
Occupation: Working part time for the Education Department as a School Psychologist
and part time in my own practice as a Clinical Psychologist.
Hobbies – Rotary, boating, ski-ing, reading and travel.
"I have always enjoyed my involvement in Rotary
and looking forward to the challenge of successfully developing the new District 9465”.

-------------------------------------------------------------




Rotarian Bio


Geoff Smith...Rotary Club of Subiaco

Joined Rotary....1986
Married..............Debbie
Children..............Bronwyn. Joanna, Nicholas
Classification.......Optometry
Favourite holiday destination.......Europe
Favourite drink....................Gin and Tonic
If I could change one thing about Rotary....Increase its public profile
Famous person or celebrity I would/have like to have dinner with....Paul Harris

--------------------------------------------------------------

The Rotary Clubs of Bentley/Curtin and Byford and Districts

have combined to install windmills and hand pumps to villagers in Lautem ,East Timor

President Peter Snell. President Tom Hoyer and Past President Alf Allison

have just returned from the latest trip where one windmill and two handpumps have made much improvement to the locals

Following are some photos from that trip

This is an ongoing project and if you wish to help contact the above mentioned clubs

News from Africa
Ghana:

inadequate water hampers school feeding programme
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:31 AM PDT
A recent research conducted by SEND-Ghana indicates that 45% of schools

in sample districts under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP)

do not have access to water.

The Chairperson of the working group of Civil Society Platform

on Ghana and Education Advisor for SNV, Ms Adama Jehanfo

stated that although 85% of schools had been supplied with water by the programme,

87% of them are not in use due to operational challenges.

“The report reveals that 26% of the schools have no access to toilet facilities,

while almost 87% of the schools lack hand washing facilities”.
[An audit commissioned by the Dutch government and undertaken in 2008

by the international accountancy firm PriceWaterHouseCoopers,

found that after two years of implementation of the GFSP there was

“widespread corruption” at the programme secretariat

- IRIN, 12 Jun 2008. The National Coordinator of the GSFP, Mr Michael Nsowah,

has since been dismissed as the head of the programme,

according to a report on Joy FM radio on 22 September 2009.]
She noted that often times when Ghana school feeding is mentioned

a picture of children eating is what immediately comes to mind.

However, she said a lot of activities take place before the food is cooked.

“How the food is purchased and produced, the energy source used in cooking,

the type of water used to cook and drink,

hygienic nature of the kitchen , and the environment,

are all important complementary service play in the success of the GSFP, she outlined.
Ms Jehanfo was speaking at Water and Sanitation workshop under the theme,

“Chattering the Way Forward in Addressing the Water and Sanitation Issues Affecting the GSFP” in Tamale.

It was organized by SEND-Ghana and sponsored by SNV, IBIS, ActionAid Ghana,

TRIAS, PLAN Ghana, CRS, FONG, UWRAP, SMA, NNED, New Energy , IFAD and ACDEP.
Ms Jehanfo noted that water is critical to the GSFP

as no cooking can be done without water.

“Cooking with no availability of potable water has diverse negative impact

on health and quality of education,

especially for the girls as they are often the ones selected to go searching for water”.
Source: Mahama Zakaria-Tamale, Public Agenda / allAfrica.com, 02 Oct 2009

--------------------------------------------------------------


Some more pictures from the Climb for a Smile

Many thanks to Wilf Hendriks for these photo's

--------------------------------------------

Late News!!!!!
It is with disappointment that I advise that I have just been informed

by RI President John Kenny that he will not be delivering

the Dr Ken Collins Address this year.

He recently suffered a bout of pneumonia

and was hospitalized for two weeks from 16th September.

He only returned to work on the 13th October

and is due to undergo further medical tests

at the time he was due to come to Perth.
HOWEVER, I have managed to obtain the services of Past RI VicePresident

and current Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation

John Germ from the USA.

John is a prominent Rotarian and a fine speaker.
Kind regards,
Dr Ken Collins
---------------------------------------------------------------

Rotary Quiz

This weeks question

What is the total number of Rotary clubs in all three Districts in Western Australia?

Send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au and the first correct email received will win


Last weeks answer

After Perth and Fremantle the next Rotary Club chartered in Western Australia was
The Rotary Club of Bunbury [19th June 1939]
I guess that was too hard as although there were plenty of answers ,not one was correct

Therefore we have a jackpot of scratchies this week

If you have won in the past 4 weeks please allow others to enter

------------------------------------------------------------------

Tri District Calendar
October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade
October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference
October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run
October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon
November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction
November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match

November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert

November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

Good Advice

21/2009
News and Information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470

------------------------
Introducing...Ian Hutton

Distict Governor Elect D9455 ...2010/2011
Joined Rotary in 1999 in Port Hedland.
Moved back to Perth and joined RC of West Perth in 2006.
Classification is “Maritime Consulting”.
Married to Jan.
Together we have 2 married daughters and 3 grandchildren.
Our hobbies are tennis, golf, and travel.
“My present energy and focus is on planning, together with Marilyn Barton (District 9465)
and other Rotarians in Western Australia,
for a smooth transition to the new District arrangement;
a transition that allows us to bring together
and build on the great Rotary work of the three existing Districts.“
-----------------------------------------------


Don’t forget Charity Golf Match Friday 6th November 2009
Have you asked your employer or your business partners to put in a team?
Get in early
Prize Money $20,000 to the Charity of your choice,
contact me for more information.
John Iriks
Chairman
Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank Trust
PO Box 85, Kwinana WA 6966
Phone 08 94191077 Fax 08 94191721
Mobile: 0417 904 419

Kwinana Golf Club (Inc)
50th Anniversary Charity Match
Friday 6th November 2009
Major Sponsors
BP Refinery Kwinana
BGC Construction
Other Sponsors
Landcorp
CSBP Limited
Town of Kwinana
Plan B Wealth Management
Madco

Prize Money
1st Team - $14,000
2nd Team - $4,000
3rd Team - $2,000
Times
11.00 am - Registration
11.30 am - Light Snack
12.30 pm - Shotgun Start

----------------------------------------------


Rotarian Bio

Kevin Wallace...Rotary Club of Rossmoyne
Joined Rotary.....................1976
Married................................Anna
Children................................Rodney and Sheree
Classification.......................Building Additions
Favourite Holiday destination...Anywhere cruising overseas
Favourite drink..................Beer
If I could change one thing about Rotary
More Fellowship
Famous person or celebrity Iwould like to have dinner with
Danny Glover

-------------------------------------------------------
Climb for a Smile report


Last Sunday October 4th saw the second Climb for a smile
at the Bankwest Tower in the city
In the vicinity of $55,000 has been raised so far
501 climbers registered on the day
Fastest man....Adam Ryan..... 6 minutes 23seconds
Fastest woman...Emma Wormsley....9 minutes 46 seconds
Fasted team of 4....Nine miniute team...all team members finished under nine minutes
Leading team of fundraisers...Ascot Ascenders...$3,000
Leading individual fund raiser......Andrew Lawrence....$1090

thanks to Albert Kramer for the pictures
-----------------------------------------------

ROTARY CLUB OF ASCOT
MELBOURNE CUP COCKTAIL PARTY
SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2009
7PM - 12PM
VENUE: GWEN & MICHAEL’S
55 LINTONMARC DRIVE, REDCLIFFE
COST: $30 PER HEAD
THIS INCLUDES A COCKTAIL ON ARRIVAL & FOOD
BYO DRINKS
ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS
WANSLEA GRANDCARE PROJECTS

RSVP BY 28TH OCTOBER 2009
GWEN - 0434 203 065
AIDAN - 0417 974 636
JANET - 0403 586 686
------------------------------------------------

Rotary Quiz

This weeks Question

Perth and Fremantle were the first two Rotary Clubs chartered in Western Australia,

but what was the next club chartered after Perth and Fremantle?

send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au the first correct email received will win this weeks scratchies

---

Last weeks answer

The Rotary Club of Melbourne was the first club to be chatered in Australia

Rotary Club of Melbourne......... April 21st 1921

Rotary Club of Sydney............. May 7th 1921

--

Thank you to all those who entered . Lots of correct answers last week and the firstcorrect email

received was fron Susan Plewright of the Rotary Club of Mount Barker

Your scratchies have been sent to your clubs PO Box

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

News from Africa

Uganda, Kasese: unwashed hands cause cholera
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:41 AM PDT

Persistent outbreaks of cholera in Kasese District

have been blamed on poor hand-washing practices and bad eating habits.

This was noted at a one-day advocacy meeting for district councillors

on water and sanitation held in Kasese Catholic Social Hall on Thursday [01 October 2009].
Presenting a latrine coverage and hand-washing situational analysis in Kasese,

the district health inspector also the disease surveillance officer, Ericana Bwambale,

said washing hands among the people of Kasese ranged from 17% to 34%.

He named the sub-counties where people rarely wash their hands as

Muhokya with 17%, followed by Kitswamba at 18% and Rukoki at 20%.
He said Kyabarungira Sub-county has the lowest latrine coverage at 57%,

followed by Rukoki at 60% and Kisinga at 65%.

Kyondo Sub-county had the highest latrine coverage of 88%,

followed by Maliba Sub-county at 87%.
He said the majority of the people in Kasese eat whatever food they come across

without considering its cleanliness.
Since March [2009], 500 cases of cholera have been reported in Kasese

with about 10 deaths.

The Busongora County health inspector, Steven Bagonza,

said cholera cases have been reported in all the four constituencies in the district.
The district councillors on the technical and social services committee

blamed the sub-county health assistants for

the deteriorating health conditions in the district.

They said health workers were not sensitising the community on the need

to improve sanitation and hygiene in their homes.
The head of the district technical and social services committee, Mustafa Kikusa,

said all the sub-county health assistants should be summoned

before the district committee and explain why they are failing to do their work.

He noted that the Government was doing all it could to improve people’s standards

of living but was being frustrated by civil servants

who are failing to deliver as expected.
During the meeting, it was reported that people of Kasese were feeding

on animal offals and fish skeletons from Kampala

that have some times compromised the health of the people.
The furious councillors promised to move a motion to ban

the sale of offals and skeleton fish in the district,

saying they were unhygienic and partly responsible for the deteriorating health conditions.
However, some councillors on the committee,

especially women said that they would block the motion if brought to council,

adding that majority of the people in the district

were surviving on offals and fish skeletons because they were cheap

and some people cannot afford meat.
Source: Bernard Masereka, New Vision / allAfrica.com, 03 Oct 2009

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Tri District Calendar

October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade

October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference

October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day

October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run

October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair

October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race

October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon

November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match
November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK
November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]

November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert
November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup

April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

-------------------------------------

--------------------------

SMILE!!!!

20/2009

News and information for D9450, D9460,D9470

Introducing DGN [District Governor Nominee]

Liz Westoby .....DG D9455.... 2011/2012
Joined Rotary in 1995.
Married to Ian, a past Rotarian and Past President, for nearly 40 years
2 Children – Sean, a civil engineer, and Vicki, a GP Obstetrician.
4 grandchildren – Tyler, Toby, Devon and Alexander with whom I love spending time.
Classification ‘Education – Training’
Hobbies – Rotary, running, reading and travel.
"I’m looking forward to my year as Governor and meeting many more of the hardworking Rotarians in the District."

**********************************************************

Rotary Club of Collie....Mainpeak Adventure Race

October 4th 2009
Hi Phil and thanks for the blog.
Unfortunately we managed to get the date wrong,

as the website previously said it was the "first Saturday after the October long weekend".

This year the Queen's Birthday holiday was gazetted in September;

I hadn't realised this had stuffed up the information given on the website

until after I had contacted you.

The long-term intent, is I understand, to have the race 2 weeks ahead of

Bridgetown Rotary's Blackwood Marathon.
The race is on for October 10th,

perhaps we still have time to correct this in a following blog,

otherwise anyone interested will find out when they follow the link.

Colin Patterson
www.mumby.com.au

*************************************************

Rotarian Bio

John Wallace.[ Wal ].....Rotary Club of Esperance Bay
Joined Rotary in 1988 (President 2001)
Married to : Narelle (Nerida)
Children: 1 son, John James
Classification: Senior Active ( formerly Farm Development)
Favourite Holiday Destination: Ireland, I’ve been there before and is heading back in February 2010
Favourite Drink: Drink of choice is a Banana Smoothie, with a beer chaser.
Famous person or celebrity I would like to have dinner with: Angelina Jolie or my wife Narelle
If I could change one thing about Rotary : Fortnightly meetings

**********************************************************
Rotary Club of Mosman Park

Hello Phil,

In your next "Blog", we would greatly appreciate a mention of the Big Walk Event

(ref: http://www.bigwalk.com.au/) ,

an initiative of our Mosman Park Rotary Club.

Regards,

Chris Stuart

Secretary

John Hughes Big Walk

Sunday 8th November 2009

Put your walking shoes on and help raise money for vital cancer services

at Princess Margaret Hospital

PMH/ROTARY
ROTARY CLUB OF MOSMAN PARK
Rotary is a world wide association dedicated to providing humanitarian service,

building goodwill and peace in local, national and international communities.
Rotarians, both men and women, are from a variety of professional, business and vocational backgrounds, united by Rotary's encouragement of the highest ethical standards.
The John Hughes Big Walk was initiated in 1996 by the Rotary Club of Mosman Park to raise funds for the fight against cancer and to encourage people of all ages and abilities to exercise together whilst enjoying the beauty of the Swan River and it's surroundings.
Since 2006, funds raised have supported the Cancer Ward at Princess Margaret Hospital,

and we are most grateful for the continued generous support of our major sponsor, John Hughes.

****************************************************


Rotary Club of Geraldton

Click to enlarge

Pictured with the school's head of student development Scott Cox are [left to right]

Antoine Morel, Amy Ying, Rebecca Wacker, Filipe Polonia and Elina Bry
Geraldton Grammar School has more exchange students than ever this year with 5 of its 40 year 11 coming from overseas

Filipe Polonia from Colombia, Elina Bry and Antoine Morel from France, Amy Ying from Taiwan and Rebecca Wacker from Austria.

All stay with host parents in Geraldton

****************************************************

----- Original Message -----
From: Jenni Heenan
To: jenni@shelterboxaustralia.org.au
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: Samoa, Sumatra & Manila
Firstly, a huge thank you to all our fellow Rotarians who have called over the past 24 hours to pledge their support to assist those who have been devastated by the tropical storms, earthquakes and tsunami.

Whilst the lines of communication are either slow or down, we have included all information available at this time – we will of course update you as it comes in.

Again our sincere thanks for your pledges and well wishes, especially to our ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members.

Kind regards,
Jenni
Jenni Heenan
General Manager
ShelterBox Australia

e: jenni@shelterboxaustralia.org.au
t: 1300 881 913
t: +613 9794 7127
m: 0419 135 635
w: www.shelterboxaustralia.org.au

**********************************************


This weeks Quiz question

Name the first Rotary Club in Australia??

Send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au

to win some scratchies

Answer to last weeks question .....
Paul Harris passed away on

February 27th 1947 aged 78

The first correct entry was received from Esther Roadnight

of the Hannans/Kalgoorlie club

Your scratchies are on the way

***************************************************

District Calendar
October 10th .....Saturday.........Rotary Club of Collie Mainpeak Adventure Race
October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade
October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference
October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run
October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon
November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction

November 8th ....Saturday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert

November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference


*******************************************

*****************************************************


HUMOUR